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08-30-2007, 05:23 AM
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Re: A Newbie Guide to B&M Small Stakes No Limit Cash Games
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[ QUOTE ] 1) Limping in too much is the largest sign of a donator. [/ QUOTE ] Could not disagree more. In passive games, a good player will want to see a ton of flops. Against ultra weak opponents, I'll play any 2 100% of the time in MP/LP. Your post flop skill advantage more than makes up for it. Obviously in tougher games, you don't want to be limping a ton. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, imo the largest sign of a donator is calling off a lot of money with middle pair, or top pair weak kicker. Thats the number one thing I look for when I'm getting to know my opponents. Once I see it happen I put a mental checkmark next to them and their opponent. Its likely one of them sucks (and its likely the caller, but sometimes the caller is decent and is just reacting to a loose bettor). 
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#2
09-03-2007, 12:07 PM
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Beware the Mini-Re Raise
Beware the mini-Re Raise in B&M 1/2 NLHE games.
I've seen many players in 1/2 NLHE games make mini-re-raises with their AA/KK in these B&M cash games. The counter strategy is simply to SILENTLY thank them and smooth call with your QQ using the strategy...no set/no bet. If you get a flop of AQx or KQx.....turn your radar on to detect a possible set over set....
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#3
10-23-2007, 06:45 PM
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Re: Beware the Mini-Re Raise
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Beware the mini-Re Raise in B&M 1/2 NLHE games. I've seen many players in 1/2 NLHE games make mini-re-raises with their AA/KK in these B&M cash games. The counter strategy is simply to SILENTLY thank them and smooth call with your QQ using the strategy...no set/no bet. If you get a flop of AQx or KQx.....turn your radar on to detect a possible set over set.... [/ QUOTE ] I have also seen "large" or "all-in" re-raises pre-flop disproportionate to the current pot size. Be very wary around these. Especially, if the player has a smallish stack (less than a max buy-in) and has not entered any/many hands. Likely hands are AA, KK. Did I mention AA?
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#4
09-06-2007, 01:14 AM
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Re: A Newbie Guide to B&M Small Stakes No Limit Cash Games
More great points guys. In retrospect, I agree that I overemphasized preflop limping as an evaluator. Although I did point it out, the wording is poor: postflop callers are much much more profitable than otherwise loose preflop callers.
As for tipping, again, people will tip more than $1, but I feel (especially for low-limit games), that anything over $1 is excessive for anything other than absolutely massive pots. When you factor in a $3 rake + a $1 BBJ drop, there's very little room left for tipping. Opinions may vary, but I feel that $1 per hand is a very generous tip as it is. As you play higher limits, the opportunity to tip larger may increase.
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09-13-2007, 07:55 PM
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Re: A Newbie Guide to B&M Small Stakes No Limit Cash Games
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As for tipping, again, people will tip more than $1, but I feel (especially for low-limit games), that anything over $1 is excessive for anything other than absolutely massive pots. When you factor in a $3 rake + a $1 BBJ drop, there's very little room left for tipping. Opinions may vary, but I feel that $1 per hand is a very generous tip as it is. As you play higher limits, the opportunity to tip larger may increase. [/ QUOTE ] agree that $1 is fine, except I always feel incline to tip bigger when the dealer saves me from a cooler.
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#6
10-23-2007, 06:24 PM
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Re: A Newbie Guide to B&M Small Stakes No Limit Cash Games
this is an excellent post. I play a lot of BM small stakes and I love this post. As for those posting about tipping, do what you feel is best. I tend to give 1-2 bucks on a decent hand(35-40 bucks). On huge megapots of 125-150+ I tend to give $5. The largest single pot i won was a $425 pot and I gave the dealer $10. Now, obvious that is being very generous. But to say, $1 is the overall norm regardless of the pot, is more a personal decision(though I think that you are being cheap).
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